Prospect Info: Are you happy with the Nylander pick?

[WinB4IDIE]

Happy with the pick, with the guys that were left at number 8 I would have been just as happy with Brendan Perlini but its a solid pick.

 

[Ari91]

Only one I can think of at work was Landedkog who played in Kitchener for his draft year. But there has been pthers

It's not a very sound argument when you can't think of more than one example off the top of your head to support your point while the other guy gave you a list that countered your argument. A thesis is based off observation and research. I think you're doing it backwards here. You've decided what your opinion is and you're looking for examples to support it.

 

[ClarksonsWife]

Future scrub. Should have drafted a Canadian these euros don't play with that fire you need to win in this league.

 

[Celly Hard]

When is theeafs prospects rankings thread going to start!?

 

[Covenant]

Great pick. I'm sure Don Cherry is pissed today, Nylander over Ritchie and no Canadian selected in the draft by the Leafs. Don't know how he's going to explain this happening under Shanahan's watch.

 

[Sundinisagod]

I don't buy into this primodonna talk at all. I like the way he carries himself, full of confidence but not arrogance. Also speaks to his character that he's open to playing anywhere next season, I think the kid has a good head on his shoulders and hope to watch him in NA next year.

 

[ConnorTO]

Future scrub. Should have drafted a Canadian these euros don't play with that fire you need to win in this league.

agree, the kings have most canadians ! and a few americans


thats why they won
gotta have good ole canadian kids

 

[SillyRabbit]

Canucks fan here, you guys got a steal in Nylander.

The Canucks management are idiots for picking Virtanen over this guy and I hope you won't rub it in too hard when he's playing on your top line lighting up the East.

 

[cookie]

Even if he busts, I'm happy with the pick because it shows that the team is trying to rid itself of its old habits. All we gotta do now is retain draft picks instead of giving them out like candy and swing for more fences. You can get the safe guys other ways and the margin associated with getting them through free agency would be immaterial as you have your top guys who should be making the big bucks on their ELCs or bridge deals.

 

[novon04]

agree, the kings have most canadians ! and a few americans


thats why they won
gotta have good ole canadian kids

umm, I think the maple leafs had the most canadian players this past season.

http://www.cbc.ca/sports-content/hockeynightincanada/bio/infographics/most-canadian-nhl-team/

 

[Tyler Biggs*]

Was hoping for Ritchie. Have seen him play. Big, skilled, good skating Canadian with a nasty streak. Ritchie is 6' 3" and 225 lbs and the Leafs are lacking in size and toughness.

That said, I'm not mad.

 

[The Caveman]

Leaving out generational talent guys like Ovechkin, Mackinnon and Malkin - who with their skill set would have been drafted if they were 3 legged midgets- aside from JVR and Horton, how many of the games top power forwards were top 10 draft picks?

Just off the top of my head, I found M Richards (24th), J Benn (129th), Lucic (50th), Paccioretty (22nd), Kessler (23rd), Perry (28th), Stewart (12th), Getzlaf (19th), Backes (62nd), Clowe (175), Neal (33rd)

The top of the draft is for high end skill and high calibre D-men. Power Forwards are long to develop and more risky. Drafting skill in Nylander vs a guy like Ritchie is in fact a much safer bet.

 

[Tyler Biggs*]

Thrilled. He was my first pick at where we were at.

At the end of the day, we needed high end skill and we got it. Any guy who draws comparisons to Patrick Kane is more than welcome.

If Nylander turns into Patrick Kane 2.0 I'd be happy.

 

[AuraSphere]

Would have been pissed if it was Ritchie.

Wanted Ehlers/Nylander

 

[johnny_rudeboy]

Nonis said they had Nylander and another player as their top picks on their list and if both would have been taken they would have traded down (meaning nether Richie or Ehlers was high on their list).
Was that other player DalColle? The two Sams, Ekblad and the German was probably players they did not expect to fall.

 

[ChuckWoods]

Nonis said they had Nylander and another player as their top picks on their list and if both would have been taken they would have traded down (meaning nether Richie or Ehlers was high on their list).
Was that other player DalColle? The two Sams, Ekblad and the German was probably players they did not expect to fall.

It was Ehlers.

They were prepared to trade down if both Nylander AND Ehlers were selected prior to 8th overall.

But luckily for the Leafs, they had a choice between the two players they wanted to select at their pick.

Essentially meaning they weren't sold on either Ritchie or Virtanen.

 

[johnny_rudeboy]

It was Ehlers.

They were prepared to trade down if both Nylander AND Ehlers were selected prior to 8th overall.

But luckily for the Leafs, they had a choice between the two players they wanted to select at their pick.

Ah ok. Thanks. I just think I heard Nonis say something about the other had been picked but that Nylander was still there. So I thought that would be DalColle, the one most likely to fall from the top 5.

Edit: Listened to the interview again and Nonis say they had 2 guys on the list and hoped one of them would be there and when Nylander was there "the guy we was waiting for" he made the pick. So it was not as I said that one of them was gone.

 

[DutchLeafsfan]

Skimmed the article earlier, but my guess would be that they expected the top 5 to go in the top 5, and the trade scenario was for the case where Vancouver and Carolina would have picked Nylander and Ehlers, leaving Ritchie, Fleury and Virtanen.

 

[ConnorTO]

do those who think Nylander is Canadian, he's a Canadian player...


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_NHL_Entry_Draft

see the flag beside his name here
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[MrDiddlez]

Future scrub. Should have drafted a Canadian these euros don't play with that fire you need to win in this league.

You forgot the

 

[91Stammer*]

Future scrub. Should have drafted a Canadian these euros don't play with that fire you need to win in this league.

You got that right. We won plenty of Stanley Cups with Canadians!

When did we win the cup last time?

 

[Schennanigans]

Canucks fan here, you guys got a steal in Nylander.

The Canucks management are idiots for picking Virtanen over this guy and I hope you won't rub it in too hard when he's playing on your top line lighting up the East.

I was surprised they didn't go with Nylander. Happy we got him.

 

[Quares27]

Hell yes. If nothing else it shows a change in philosophy. Riskier, more skilled players over, non-skilled, guaranteed NHLer types.

 

[Quares27]

Nonis said they had Nylander and another player as their top picks on their list and if both would have been taken they would have traded down (meaning nether Richie or Ehlers was high on their list).
Was that other player DalColle? The two Sams, Ekblad and the German was probably players they did not expect to fall.

MDC was pretty much the consensus #5 pick. Based on the fact that we picked Nylander I would assume the other is Ehlers because hes another small, highly skilled player

 

[Stephen]

The thing that I'm happy with most about the Nylander pick is it demonstrates the Leafs are really looking at things differently.

For years, the Leafs load up on those big junior bodies while sacrificing high end potential. In Shanahan's own draft year, the Leafs had an internal debate about whether or not to take Joe Sakic or Luke Richardson. Over the past 20 years they've loaded up on guys like Rob Pearson, Scott Thornton, Scott Pearson, Jeff Ware, Landon Wilson, Luke Schenn, Tyler Biggs and it's nice to see them swing for the fences on hockey skill.

It's as if the Leafs have been trying to replicate the Wendel Clark pick for almost 30 years.